H4CBlog

(Erev Sukkot 5768) I wish you a wonderful Sukkot season - this sacred time that reminds us of our heavenly Father’s sheltering Presence during our times of wandering here on this earth.  Here’s a picture from this evening as we finished building our sukka and said the Shehecheyanu and al netilat lulav blessings.

Sometimes called “Tabernacles” by the Church (though hardly even mentioned by most pastors today), Sukkot has a prophetic dimension awaiting fulfillment. As the Day of Ingathering of the harvest, Sukkot prefigures the gathering together of the Jewish people in the days of the Messiah’s reign on earth (Isaiah 27:12-13; Jeremiah 23:7-8). Indeed all of the nations of the earth that survived the Great Tribulation will come together to worship the LORD in Jerusalem during the Feast of Sukkot (Zechariah 14:16-17). No longer will Israel be subject to the oppression of the goyim, but God Himself will place His sanctuary in her midst (Ezekiel 37:26-28).

Yeshua the Mashiach did indeed come to “sukkah” or “tabernacle” with us (see John 1:14, which is the same Greek root as the mishkan or Tabernacle of the Torah) in order to purge our sins from us and to redeem us to Himself.  Nevertheless, we still eagerly await His return to establish His Kingdom and set up His everlasting Sukkah with us — so that that we may know, love, and abide with the Him forever!

Note: Sukkot is an 8 day festival that runs from Wed Sep 26th through Thurs Oct 4th in year 2007 (i.e., the 15th to the 22nd of Tishri, 5768).